Door handle assembly



Aug. 22, 1944.

R H. DEAN DOOR HANDLE ASSEMBLY Filed Noin. 24 1941 Patented Aug. 22,1944 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFlCE stedt Manufacturing Company, Detroit,Mich.

a corporation of Michigan Application November 24, 1941, Serial No.420,183

1 Claim.

This invention relates to door handle assemblies.

It is the object of the invention to provide a simple, effective doorhandle assembly which may be easily anchored in place and easily removedand which is Cheap to construct.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a cross-section of a door.

Fig. 2 is a cross-section of a modified form.

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

I designates the handle spindle, 2 the handle and 3 is an escutcheonwith a fillet 20 and a bushing 13. The handle is mounted in theescutcheon by means of spring 4 bearing against washer 5 which in turnbears against the struckout portions 6 of the handle spindle. The handleis assembled into the escutcheon in this way before the escutcheon isassembled in the door.

The escutcheon is assembled in the door by means of a spring key 1. Thiskey is inserted from the jamb face of the door through the opening 8which is underneath the sponge rubber Weatherstrip 9. The key 1 isconstructed of spring metal. This key has a wavy body portion and aturned-over end ill which is adapted to lie on the outside of the jambface of the door. A bayonet slot 1 I has a narrow portion and anenlarged circular portion 12. The spring key is inserted in place beforethe handle assembly. The key is held only part way in so that theenlarged circular portion l2 of the slot in the key can permit thepassage of the main body of the bushing I3. The key is pushed home andslides into the groove I 4 in the side of the bushing and locks thebushing in place, thereby assembling the handle unit neatly into thejob. The spring is somewhat straightened in driving the key home andthereby exerts pressure between a portion of the bushing and the insideface of the outside panel so as to put the parts under spring stress andprevent rattling.

The construction shown in Fig. 2 involves the same structure as thatshown in Fig. 1 except here the handle is rotatably held in the bushingby means of a rubber sleeve l5 and a bushing l6 such as described andclaimed in the Barnes Patent No. 2,104,217, January 4, 1938. Thispermits a slight relocating of the position of the bearing portion ofthe handle in the escutcheon to accord with conditions brought about byirregularities in the door construction or the lock construction or thelocation of the lock structure with respect to the door.

In the handle assembly shown in 'Fig. 1, the semi-spherical bearing [1is used to allow universal tilting of the handle spindle toirregularitiesin the position of the opening in the lock roll-back (notshown) in which the end of the spindle seats.

What I claim is:

A handle assembly having in combination with a sheet metal door havingouter and inner panels joined by a jamb face having a slot therein, anescutcheon provided with a bushing having a groove in the exterior ofthe bushing, a handle, a handle spindle, the latter rotat'ably supportedin the escutcheon and the bushing, means for holding the handle spindlein the bushing and a spring key having a bayonet slot through theenlarged end of which the said bushing is insertable, said key having awavy body portion insertable through the slot in the jamb face of thedoor and engaging in the groove in the bushing after the bushing hasbeen inserted in the en larged end of the slot of the key and after thekey has pushed further into the door to bring the restricted end of thebayonet slot into the said groove, said key also engaging the insideface of the outside panel of the door to; deform the key and draw theescutcheon yieldably against the outside face of the outer panel of thedoor and secure the escutcheon in place in the door, the outside end ofthe key being bent to prevent it passing through the slot in the jambface of the door.

ROY H. DEAN.

